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Psalm 75 Bible study: God is the judge
One Hebrew verb, rum, runs through the psalm five times: the wicked are told "Don’t lift up the horn" (75:4), exaltation doesn't come from east, west or south (75:6), God "lifts up another" (75:7), and "the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up" (75:10).
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“But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.”
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“Psalm 75 says the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.”
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What's really going on
A title, and thanks given twice
The title reads, "For the Chief Musician. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm by Asaph. A song." (75:1). Psalms 57, 58 and 59 have the same tune words in their titles (Psalm 57:1, 58:1, 59:1). These notes don't explain the tune or A song, and don't say more about Asaph than the title does; Psalm 50, the first psalm whose title names him, sets out what Scripture says of an Asaph, and what it doesn't. Then the psalm begins with a we: "We give thanks to you, God. We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works" (75:1) (tap thanks). The thanks come twice, and the reason given is that God's Name is near. The psalm doesn't name the wondrous works.
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The rest of Psalm 75 is waiting in Favor
- One verb for lifting, five times
- A cup in the LORD's hand
- Hannah's prayer and Psalm 75
- Lifting up, and being lifted up
- 5 questions as you read
- 13 more Hebrew words
- A short check at the end
- Your notes, saved as you go
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The Hebrew word behind it
רוּםrumsay ROOM
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "be high, exalted, rise", and among its senses, "lift up, exalt". Strong's: "to be high actively, to rise or raise". The psalm has it five times. The wicked are told, "Don’t lift up the horn" (75:4) and "Don’t lift up your horn on high" (75:5). "For neither from the east, nor from the west, nor yet from the south, comes exaltation" (75:6): exaltation is this verb. "He puts down one, and lifts up another" (75:7). And the last verse: "the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up" (75:10). Other psalms have it with horn too: "In your favor, our horn will be exalted" (Psalm 89:17), and "But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox" (Psalm 92:10).
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Psalm 75 Bible study questions
- 1The psalm opens, "We give thanks, for your Name is near. Men tell about your wondrous works" (75:1). What has God done that you would tell someone about this week?
- 2"Don’t lift up your horn on high. Don’t speak with a stiff neck" (75:5). Where are you most tempted to lift yourself up, in what you say or how you say it?
- 3"But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another" (75:7). How does that line change the way you look at your own successes and setbacks, or other people's?
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